Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Optoelectronic and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 1.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Coland Holdings Ltd (TW:4144), which rose 10.00% or 4.50 points to trade at 49.50 at the close. Reward Wool Industry Corp (TW:1423) added 9.99% or 0.83 points to end at 9.14 and Young Fast Optoelectronics Co Ltd (TW:3622) was up 9.97% or 1.80 points to 19.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shih Wei Navigation Co Ltd (TW:5608), which lost 9.13% or 0.72 points to trade at 7.17 in late trade. Mospec Semiconductor Corp (TW:2434) declined 8.27% or 1.75 points to end at 19.40 and Darwin Precisions Corp (TW:6120) shed 7.87% or 2.05 points to 24.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 756 to 114 and 44 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.18% or 0.76 to $65.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.96% or 0.66 to hit $69.57 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.17% or 15.50 to trade at $1342.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.08% to 29.169, while TWD/CNY rose 0.14% to 0.2172.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 89.17.